Archery bow with adjustable arrow rest

ABSTRACT

A generally inverted U-shaped member is provided and includes a pair of side-by-side legs interconnected at one pair of corresponding ends by an integral bight portion. The member is constructed of stiff, but resilient material whereby the free end portions of the legs may be spread, at least slightly, apart and therafter allowed to return to their original predetermined spaced relationship. One of the legs includes structure for attachment of that leg to a selected side of the mid-portion of a bow with the other leg spaced outwardly from that side of the bow. The free end portion of the other leg includes an outwardly projecting arrow rest element extending away from the leg attached to the bow and adjustable spacing structure is interconnected between the legs of the U-shaped member for adjustably increasing the spacing between the free end portions of the legs in excess of the predetermined spaced relationship thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various forms of arrow rests have been heretofore designed for varioustypes of bows. Some of these arrow rests are primarily concerned withcompensating for varying distances between the bow and the target andothers include structure operable to effect windage adjustments.However, few arrow rests are constructed to provide both windage anddistance adjustments and those previously known arrow rests which doprovide for both windage and distance adjustments are reasonably complexin structure and are sometimes difficult to adjust as desired.

Examples of arrow rests capable of performing some of the objects of theinstant invention are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,980,097, 3,318,289,3,672,347 and 3,769,956.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The arrow rest structure of the instant invention comprises a simpleU-shaped body constructed of stiff but resilient material, an arrow restelement projecting outwardly from one leg of the U-shaped member or bodyand an abutment member carried by a first leg of the attachmentadjustable toward and away from and engageable with the other leg of theattachment for varying the spacing between the free ends of the legs ofthe attachment. The leg of the U-shaped member opposing the leg equippedwith the arrow rest element includes structure whereby it may beattached to one side of a bow and the attaching structure is suchwhereby the arrow rest structure may be supported from either side of abow thereby enabling that attachment to be used on bows designed to beused by both right-handed persons as well as left-handed persons.

The main object of this invention is to provide an arrow rest structurefor a bow including adjustment means whereby adjustments for windage andtarget distance may be readily accomplished.

Another important object of this invention, in accordance with theimmediately preceding object, is to provide an arrow rest structurewhich may be readily attached to bows designed for left-handed personsas well as bows designed for right-handed persons.

Another important object of this invention is to provide an arrow reststructure constructed in a manner whereby it may be readily attached toarrows equipped with a sight window or devoid of a sight window.

It is also an object of this invention to provide an arrow reststructure including attaching structure whereby it may be secured to anassociated bow without any modifications to the bow being required.

A final object of this invention to be specifically enumerated herein isto provide an arrow rest structure in accordance with the precedingobjects and which will conform to conventional forms of manufacture, beof simple construction and easy to use so as to provide a device thatwill be economically feasible, long lasting and relatively trouble-freein operation.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a bow with the arrow reststructure of the instant invention operatively associated therewith.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the arrow rest structure onsomewhat of an enlarged scale.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially upon the planeindicated by the section line 3--3 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially upon the planeindicated by the section line 4--4 of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 10generally designates a conventional form of archery bow including a gripportion to be encircled by one hand 12 of the user of the bow 10. Thebow 10 includes a side surface 14 spaced above the handgrip encircled bythe hand 12, and the arrow rest structure of the instant invention isreferred to in general by the reference numeral 16 and is mounted on theside surface 14.

Referring now more specifically to FIGS. 1 and 3 of the drawings it maybe seen that the arrow rest structure 16 comprises a U-shaped body 18constructed of substantially constant thickness strap material andincluding a pair of first and second legs 20 and 22 which are disposedin side by side spaced relation and interconnected at one pair ofcorresponding ends thereof by means of an integral bight portion 24.

The material of which the body 18 is constructed is stiff but resilientand the legs 20 and 22 substantially parallel each other when the body18 is in its static position. However, the base end portion of the leg20 includes three internally threaded boss portions 26, 28 and 30 spacedlongitudinally therealong and defining threaded bores extending throughthe leg 20. A headed shank-type abutment member 32 is provided andthreaded through a selected one of the boss portions 26, 28 and 30, theabutment member 32 being threaded through the boss portion 28 in FIG. 3.The end of the abutment member 32 adjacent the leg 22 abuts the latterand accordingly, if the abutment member 32 is further threaded throughthe boss portion 28 the spacing between the legs 20 and 22 will beincreased.

The outer side of the leg 22 remote from the leg 20 includes a layer orpad of adhesive material 36 adhered thereto and by which the arrow reststructure 16 is secured to the surface 14 of the arrow 10.

From FIGS. 2 and 4 of the drawings it may be seen that the free lowerend of the leg 20 includes a transversely enlarged head 38 and that theopposite ends of the head 38 include threaded bores 40 formedtherethrough. A threaded and headed shank type fastener 42 is threadedlysecured through each bore 40 and each fastener 42 includes a head 44.Supported from the head 38 is a wire arrow rest element 46 including aright-angularly directed integral eye 48 on one end and a similarlyright-angularly directed terminal end portion 50 on the other end. Theeye 48 of the arrow rest element 46 is clamped under the head 44 of aselected fastener 42 with the eye 48 in adjusted rotated positionwhereby the elevation of the arrow rest element 46 relative to the head38 is predetermined. Of course, by angular adjustment of the eye 48 theelevation of the arrow rest element 46 may be varied as desired.

When the arrow rest structure 16 is supported from the surface 14 thearrow rest element 46 is supported from the fastener 42 threaded throughthe rearmost bore 40. Of course, if the arrow rest structure 16 ismounted on the opposite side of the bow 10, the eye 48 of the arrow restelement 46 will be anchored beneath the head 44 of the other fastener42.

By adjusting the abutment member 32 windage adjustments in the flight ofthe arrow to be launched from the bow 10 may be accomplished and theabutment member 32 may be threaded through the boss portion 26 if lighttension of the lower end portion of the leg 20 from which the arrow restelement 46 is supported is desired. However, if medium tension isdesired the abutment member 32 is threaded through the boss portion 28and if heavy tension of the lower end portion of the leg 20 from whichthe arrow rest 46 is supported is desired the abutment member 32 isthreaded through the boss portion 30.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed as new is as follows:
 1. In combination with a bowhaving a hand grip defining mid-portion, an arrow rest structureincluding an inverted generally U-shaped member including first andsecond side-by-side legs including upper and lower base and free endportions, respectively, and interconnected at their base ends by meansof an integral bight portion extending therebetween, said U-shapedmember being constructed of stiff, but resilient material whereby thefree end portions of said legs may be spread, at least slightly, apartand thereafter allowed to return to their original spaced relationship,attaching means attaching said first leg to the mid-portion of said bowwith said first leg extending along said mid-portion and with saidsecond leg spaced outwardly of one side of said mid-portion, the freeend portion of said second leg including a laterally outwardlyprojecting arrow rest element extending in a direction away from saidfirst leg, and adjustable spacing means carried by one of said legsintermediate the base and free ends thereof and engaged with the otherleg for adjustably increasing the spacing between said free end portionsin excess of the original spaced relationship thereof.
 2. Thecombination of claim 1 wherein said adjustable spacing means abuts theside of said other leg free end portion and is adjustable relative tosaid one leg free end portion along a path extending between said legend portions.
 3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said adjustablespacing means includes a threaded abutment member threadedly supportedfrom said one leg free end portion and abutted against the adjacent sideof said other leg free end portion.
 4. The combination of claim 1wherein said first leg comprises said other leg.
 5. The combination ofclaim 4 wherein said adjustable spacing means includes a threadedabutment member threadedly supported from said second leg free endportion and abutted against the adjacent side of said first leg free endportion.
 6. The combination of claim 1 wherein said second leg and saidarrow rest element include coacting means for adjustably positioningsaid element on opposite sides of the same surface of a plane containingsaid second leg.
 7. The combination of claim 6 wherein said adjustablespacing means includes a threaded abutment member threadedly supportedfrom said second leg free and abutted against the adjacent side of saidfirst leg.
 8. The combination of claim 1 wherein said one leg includes aplurality of vertically spaced apertures formed therethrough, saidadjustable spacing means comprising an abutment member adjustablysecured through one of said apertures.
 9. The combination of claim 8wherein said abutment member comprises a threaded shank member threadedthrough said one of said plurality of said apertures.
 10. Thecombination of claim 1 wherein said second leg and said element includecoacting means supporting said element for at least slight lateralshifting relative said second leg.